History Blog

August 11

Happy Birthday Ian McDiarmid–78 Terry Bollea(“Hulk Hogan”)–69 Viola Davis–57 Anna Gunn–54 Chris Messina–48 Chris Hemsworth–39 ; 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island ; 1965 – deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.